Greenhill, G. (George), Sir, 1847-1927 · London and New York, Macmillan and Co. · leaf 356
rnor is therefore the same A GASHOLDER. 345 as that of the old fashioned wooden reservoirs of gas, in\vhich the buoyancy of the water was appreciable. Starting with a volume of U&? of gas at atmosphericpressure, when the upward buoyancy of the water isequal to the weight of the gasholder less… … vwww Fig. 71. Fig. 72. Fig. 73. . Denoting by |8 ft^ the cross section of the buoyancychamber, the loss of buoyancy is D^x lb; so that if r isthe internal radius of the vessel, the gas is at a pressure B^xjirr^ lb/ft2,over atmospheric pressure. If the siphon gauge records y ft of water, then2/ =…
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